• Français
FacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram
Find Your Local Union
Subscribe to E-news
 
Login
Contact

UFCW Canada - Union Logo

Canada's Private Sector Union

  • About Our Union
  • Media & News
  • Resources
  • Issues
  • Action Centre
  • Join the Union

Members Light the Night for Leukemia Research

 

Light the Night walks at hundreds of communities across Canada are expected in total to raise over $2 million dollar this year for the research efforts of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada’s (LLSC) to find a cure and more effective treatments for leukemia and other blood cancers. Participants carry illuminated balloons — white for survivors, red for supporters and gold for those walking in memory to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by cancer.

Recently UFCW Canada members and Local Unions in Quebec, Saskatchewan and British Columbia joined Light the Night Walks in their communities, as part of UFCW Canada’s ongoing efforts as the largest annual contributor to the LLSC’s fundraising efforts.

 

In Montreal more than 100 TUAC Canada participants walked for five kilometers to Light the Night in Jean Drapeau Park on October 2. One kilometer of the walk has held in silence to honour and commemorate those who have died from blood cancers. Members and officers of Local Unions 500, 405, 501, the Quebec Provincial Council, as well as UFCW Canada national office staff participated in the event along with their families and friends.

 

In Saskatoon members of UFCW Canada Local 1400 enthusiastically participated in the First Annual Light the Night walk on September 18 at Kiwanis Memorial Park. Along with hundreds of LLSC volunteers, Team 1400 — as they proudly called themselves — raised over $7, 750 through personal donations and pledges as they took part in the 5 kilometer walk for a great cause.

 

In Vancouver thousands of participants including members of UFCW Canada Local 1518 and Local 247 gathered on October 16, in Stanley Park to walk 5 kilometers around the seawall. Members of the two Local Unions are continuing their fundraising through different activities and personal donations until the end of the year.

 

 

Vol. X No. 45 • November 15, 2010

  • Media & News
    • News
      • All News
      • Agriculture
      • By the Numbers
      • Campaigns
      • Directions Newsletter
      • Infographics
      • Politics
      • Social Justice
      • Women and Gender Equity
      • Young Workers
      • Health & Safety
    • Media
      • Videos
      • Photo Gallery
      • Posters
    • Subscribe to E-news
  • Join the Union
  • About Our Union
    • About Our Union
      • Find Your Local Union
      • National President
      • National Council
      • Constitution
      • Union History
      • Mission Statement
      • Annual Reports
      • Join UFCW Canada
  • Media & News
    • Media & News
      • News
      • Media
      • Subscribe to E-news
  • Resources
    • Resources
      • Migrant Members
      • Union Training & Scholarships
      • Health & Safety
      • The National Defence Fund
      • Member Discounts
      • Great Canadian Food Products
      • UFCW Canada Equity Grant Program
  • Issues
    • Issues
      • Leukemia Fundraising
      • Political Action
      • Women and Gender Equity
      • Social Justice
      • The Union for Agriculture Workers
      • UFCW Pride – Union Pride!
      • Young Workers
      • Food Justice
      • Global Solidarity
      • Uber Drivers United
      • Conscious Cannabis
  • Action Centre
    • Action Centre
      • #GBV is NOT part of the job!
      • Demand That the Canadian Government Endorse the Spirit Bear Plan
      • Demand that the Government of Canada #Act4QueerSafety and Tackle Rising Hate
      • Urge the Canadian government to legislate Anti-Scab Laws now!
      • Take Action to Protect Farm Workers and Canada’s Food Supply
      • Make Child Care Accessible for all and Protect the Child Care Workforce
      • Support the expansion of EI benefits
      • Tell Sobeys to protect workers and ditch toxic receipts
      • Save The Beer Store
      • Help close the Gender Wage Gap today
      • End the Heritage Inn Lockout Now
      • Make Truth and Reconciliation a paid day of recognition and remembrance
      • Provinces must act on the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence
      • We Need a National Action Plan on Combatting Hate
  • Join the Union
    • Join the Union
      • Why UFCW Canada
      • Union Advantage
      • Union Facts
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Everything About Unions
      • Industries We Represent
      • Workplaces We Represent
      • How to Join a Union
      • Join Now

Login

FacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram

Copyright © 2023 UFCW Canada. All Rights Reserved
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Canada's private sector union